Motivation and Markets

American Economic Review

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 388-411

  MacLeod, W Bentley ^a   Malcomson, James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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